Plants from the southern hemisphere

John,
Dan Hinckley made at least one collecting trip to CHile in 1998 with
Carrabine and Macuiba and I'm certain that I've seen references in his
catalogue to things for sale from there. ( Heronswood Nursery
http://www.heronswood.com/ )
I see in that catalogue that he also has collection notes from a trip
made by Eric Hammond in 2000.
Furthermore, there are many plants in common cultivation here that began
life in S. Africa. Kniphofia 'Red Hot Poker' comes to mind.
I've never ordered plants from any part of the Southern Hemisphere but
I've ordered many daffodil bulbs from Australia and New Zealand and
turned them around successfully. It does require a little extra effort
but it can certainly be done.
Linda W.
Cincinnati, z6a
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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:13:29 -0500
From: "Josh Haskell" <haskell@ncweb.com>
Subject: [CHAT] Plants from the southern hemisphere
In his book about the Arnold Arboretum written in 1925, E.H. Wilson
observed, "No plants from the southern Hemisphere, not even from the high
Andes, southern Chile, or the higher mountains of New Zealand, have
proved
hardy in the Arboretum." Has anyone on the list ever seen anything
written on
this subject, or know of any exceptions?
Josh Haskell
Ohio -- zone 5
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